CVE-2008-6194

Windows - Denial of Service via DNS Packet Memory Leak

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Memory leak in the DNS server in Microsoft Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via DNS packets. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2007-3898.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491815/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491831/100/0/threaded

Scores

EPSS 0.1144
EPSS Percentile 95.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (1)
microsoft/windows
Published Feb 19, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026